review 1: I was really impressed with the beginning of this book. However, once into the main body of the story, I found that it didn't consistently stay at that same level of awesomeness that it promised in the first chapter or so. This isn't to say that there weren't some really great ...

review 1: This is an in-between book, make no mistake. It's only part of the story arc, and so there is no resolution for the hero at the end. What's here, though, is highly entertaining-- a framing story set 8,000 years from now delving into the history of the various artificial races of ...